they said at the outset in the press that they are actively avoiding trump topix; i think that's wise considering how unpredictable the primary process became.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
probably the more prudent choice but the alternative that grappled w/ this moment obv much higher stakes + potential resonance / payoff.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
They couldn't be addressing what's happening in May 2016 with a show that was shot in December 2015 though, it's not Drop The Dead Donkey
― glandular lansbury (sic), Thursday, 2 June 2016 01:13 (eight years ago) link
Been watching this and House of Cards almost simultaneously, and it's funny how much the plots overlap. A good exercise for a TV writing class would be to show scenes side by side with the same situation and completely different tone (e.g., the President meeting with his/her ousted, ineffectual Vice President).
― King Nagl (Eazy), Thursday, 2 June 2016 05:05 (eight years ago) link
lol it got to the point for me where i couldn't remember which characters/plot details happened on which show
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link
also sometimes i daydream abt like one of those corny awards show pretaped sketch segments where like Claire and Selena hang out
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:38 (eight years ago) link
with Olivia Pope of course
highlights of the season so far imo: jonah campaign ad and learning that kent davison's cat is named fibonacci
― Star Wars ate shiitake (latebloomer), Thursday, 2 June 2016 14:23 (eight years ago) link
I love that Jonah's opponent isn't just a second grade teacher, but was in fact Jonah's second grade teacher.
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 June 2016 15:18 (eight years ago) link
i was interleaving Veep and Borgen for awhile. good times
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 June 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
Focus group bit I was slightly confusing with similar in an ep of Silicon Valley
― kinder, Thursday, 2 June 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
Any comment on the Catherine & Margaret plot twist? Seemed very "stunty" but I still lolled at "I can't stop grinning" and "I'm giddy" from Margaret.
― nickn, Friday, 3 June 2016 01:00 (eight years ago) link
i thought dan boning amy's sister was a little dumb and then jerry gergich knowing about it was even dumber but otherwise i'm down with this season.
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 3 June 2016 01:11 (eight years ago) link
I buy Jerry knowing about it because it seems like something Amy and her sister would have screamed at each other about at some point
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 June 2016 03:04 (eight years ago) link
or he could have just read the situation during the dinner we didn't see, knowing what the relationship between his daughters is like
― glandular lansbury (sic), Friday, 3 June 2016 05:56 (eight years ago) link
The Catherine & Margaret thing was a really broad twist. I've loved both characters this season, though, and hope to see much more of them.
― Frederik B, Friday, 3 June 2016 10:10 (eight years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/hbo-actually-took-out-full-page-jonah-ryan-ad-new--237713
― Mordy, Friday, 3 June 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
What the hell is going to happen with Catherine's documentary
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 4 June 2016 12:39 (eight years ago) link
I have a feeling it will be bad for her mother. Just a hunch.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 June 2016 13:52 (eight years ago) link
This episode was on fire. Everything about the Jonah Ryan campaign. Dan + Jonah + Richard + Jonahs uncle. Genius.
― Frederik B, Monday, 6 June 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
this was maybe the funniest episode of the show ive ever seen tbh
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 6 June 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
Gary's whole Washington's 50 Hottest, too.
― King Nagl (Eazy), Monday, 6 June 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
the take when he walks in on them fucking
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Monday, 6 June 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
the tirade to nickerson wa so good
"If I do win, I will have my administration come to your shitty little district and shake it to death like a Guatemalan nanny. And then I'm gonna have the IRS crawl so far up your husband's colon he's going to wish the only thing they find is more cancer. So, can I count on your vote, or do I need to shove a box of White House M&Ms up your stretched-out, six-baby vag?"
― germane geir hongro (s.clover), Monday, 6 June 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
again, hale's take when she gets to the "more cancer" line is priceless.
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Monday, 6 June 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
so good. had to rewind and watch again.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
is this the best season? better w/o IannuccI? the humor is pitch black, but I can't remember laughing this hard, this consistently, at anything in a while
― it me, Thursday, 9 June 2016 03:12 (eight years ago) link
i was thinking the exact same thing. finally caught up to the most recent episode + holy shit so funny.
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
I thought this season started off badly but it has massively improved. Is Iannucci fully wrapped up in his Stalin project now?
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
oh shit i had not heard he was working on a stalin project but sign me up i am v v interested
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4686844/
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
Jeffrey Tambor as Malenkov, Palin as Molotov, Paul Whitehouse as Mikoyan
some casting there!
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:43 (eight years ago) link
buscemi as krushchev!!!!
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:44 (eight years ago) link
you couldn't really find an actor who looks more completely unlike Krushchev, but I'm sure there must some logic to it.
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
I'm guessing historical verisimilitude is not the goal here
― it me, Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
hopefully it'll be a bunch of commies calling each other cocksuckers
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:51 (eight years ago) link
apparently based on a comic book that is darkly humorous and drawn from historical research. seems to cover the couple days immediately after stalin's death, the frenzied maneuverings of the prominent party members
― the unbearable jimmy smits (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
I would be surprised if it's completely in a veep/thick of it vein, but no idea why I think that.
there is plenty good dark humour to be mined from that era. I bet Simon Russell Beale will be an awesome Beria, that much is guaranteed.
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
God, this show is great
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 04:20 (eight years ago) link
Kent is in a biker gang!
I bet Simon Russell Beale will be an awesome Beria, that much is guaranteed.
okay i'm there for a movie w a lot of beria in it. hoping it opens with stalin breathing his last and beria turning on his heel in triumph hollering MY CAR!
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 04:24 (eight years ago) link
^^^ just hunted up my copy of svetlana's twenty letters to a friend to refresh my memory of this scene (hardly a reliable source as its interest is in making beria out to be the mesmerizing source of the whole terror but i take my anecdotes where i can) and the book is LITERALLY FULL OF SPIDERS JESUS CHRIST
― le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 05:00 (eight years ago) link
https://www.splettnet.net/the scene from the mikado
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 06:31 (eight years ago) link
Wow, this season finale felt like a series finale, and a solid series finale at that. I know they're doing at least a season 6, but not only can I not see how they'll manage that, I'm not sure there's a point.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 11:41 (eight years ago) link
it was a funny season, but the vast divide between this show's depiction of clubby, insider Washington and the reality of contemporary American politics is starting to wear
― it me, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
I found myself really really bored w the plot, tho still enjoying ~3-4 genuine laugh out loud moments per ep
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
martin mull bit at the end was choice
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
Is this the only example of a sitcom that got broader and cheaper when the showrunner changed, but still kinda worked?
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 29 June 2016 01:57 (eight years ago) link
its not a sitcom
― R.I.P. Haram-bae, the good posts goy (s.clover), Wednesday, 29 June 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link